Globe-holder for lamps.



Patented Nov. 14, 1911.'

INVENTOR WITNESSES Ans are are.

THCliIAS JAMES LITLE, 31%., 0F WOODBURY, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO WELSBAGH LIGHT COMPANY, OF GLOUCESTER CITY, NEW JERSEY, A CORPORATION OF NEW' JERSEY.

GLOBE-HOLDER FOR LAMPS.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Nov, 14 191 1 Application filed June 12, 1911. Serial No. 632,566.

To all whom it may concem:

Be it known that I, THOMAS Jr., of Woodbury, Gloucester county, New Jersey, have invented a new and useful Globe-Holder for Lamps, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a side view, partly broken away, showing my invention applied to a lamp and globe; Fig. 2 is a sectional plan view, also partly broken away; and Fig. 8 is a perspective view of the holding ring removed.

My invention has relation to globe holders for lamps, and more particularly to that class of globe holders which employ a spring clamping or holding ring for the neck of the globe.

My invention is designed to provide a spring ring of this character having a novel and effective means for centering the globe and preventing the weight of the globe from sagging the ring.

The nature of my inventionwill be best understood by reference to the accompanying drawings, in which I have shown the preferred embodiment thereof, and which will now be described, it being premised, however, that various changes may be made in the details of construction and arrangement of the parts without departing from the spirit and scope, of my invention as defined in the appendedclaims.

In the drawings, the numeral 2 designates "a lamp casing having a depending gallery portion 3, within which the neck 4 of the globe 5 is arranged to bereceived and held.

In the drawings, I have shown my invention as applied to'a globe having a metal v neck, but it will be understood that my in- 'vention is equally applicable toglass globes having integral glass necks.

die the spring holding ring, which is preferably formed from a single piece of wire bent to form a complete holding circle,

with its ends overlapplng andextending' partially around this circle at each side, these'free ends terminating in the bends 7 which bear against the inner side ofthe galler flange in the groove 8 provided there or. The"'ring-is'formed with the cen tral guide bend or loop 9, which extends through a slot 1( in the gallery flange, and

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of these bends projecting underneath the I clamping portion of the ring, while the other bend projects above said clamping portion. These cam bends l3 engage the neck of the globe, and serve to largely take the weight thereof so as to prevent the clamping portion of the ring'from sagging- One of the bends being extended underneath the clamping portion Ofth ring also ,as-

sists in supporting it. These bends 13 also serve to center the globe'.';

It will be readily seen that when the-two loops or bends 11 are pressed toward each other by the fingers, the effect is to expand the holding portion of the ring so that the neck portion of the globe canbe inserted or withdrawn therethrough, the cam bends 13- receding sufiiciently to clear the neck. As soon as the bends 11 are released'by the fingers, the spring action 'of the ring causes it to contract into clamping engagement with the neck of the globe.

The advantages of my invention result mainly from the provision of the inward cam bends 13 whereby the'globe is centered and itsweight is prevented from sagging the ring, thus enabling the latter to be made of relatlvely light wire What I claim is I. In a globe holder, an expansible and contractible globe-holding ring having overlapping ends an inward bend or pro ection on each end adapted to engage the neck of the globe to center the, globe, and also to prevent the weight df the globe from. sagging the ring; substantially as described.

2. A globe-holding device for lamps, com-. prising a holding ring formed of a. single piece of wire bent into-approximately circular form, with overlapping ends, and-having projecting uide loops, and also having an inward ben "or projection on each end adapted to engage the neck of the globe;

substantially as described.

. 3. A globe-holding device for lamps, com- I prising a holding ring formed of a single piece of wire bent into approximately circuprojecting guide loops, and also having an inward bendor projection on each end adapted to engage the neck ofthe globe, one

of said projections extending underneath the clamp' as described.

4: In a globe holder, an expansible and contractible globe-holding ring having overlapping ends, an inward bend or projection on each end adapted toengage the neck of g portion of the ring; substantially,

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the'globe to center the globe, and an outwardly extending bend at each end of the overlapping portion arranged to seat in the inner side of the gallery, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set.

THOMAS JAMES LITLE, JR. Witnesses:

J. H. JOHNSON, v

A. G. HENSEL, Jr.

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